| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 29047 |
| QUOTATION: | Ale, man, ales the stuff to drink For fellows whom it hurts to think. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | A.E. (Alfred Edward) Housman (18591936), British poet, classical scholar. A Shropshire Lad, no. 62 (1896). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Housman Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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